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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 1964]

 

Shipping Coordinating Committee, Subcommittee on Safety of Life 
at Sea, Working Group on Containers and Cargoes; Meeting

    The Working Group on Containers and Cargoes of the Subcommittee on 
Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct open sessions on April 13 
and 14, 1994, in Room 6103 at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The Working Group's 
Panel on Multimodal Transport and Containers will meet from 1 p.m. to 4 
p.m., April 13, 1994. The Working Group's Panel on Bulk Cargoes will 
meet from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., April 14, 1994. The purpose of the meeting 
is to establish U.S. positions on matters to be addressed at the 
Thirty-third session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) 
Subcommittee on Containers and Cargoes (BC 33) to be held at IMO 
Headquarters in London, April 25-29, 1994.
    Items of particular interest that will be discussed at the Working 
Group's Panel on Multimodal Transport and Containers include:
    1. Acceptance of methods to assess the efficiency of securing 
arrangements for non-standardized cargo, to be adopted as part of the 
Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing.
    2. Stowage and securing of cargoes, which will include a proposal 
to have certain sections of the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage 
and Securing made mandatory through an amendment to Chapter VI of the 
International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea.
    3. Review of the structural integrity standards for Fiberglass-
Reinforced Plastic (FRP) containers with a discussion of the 
recommendations from the Coast Guard contracted study, ``Suitability of 
Fiberglass-Reinforced Plastic Containers for Shipments of Hazardous 
Materials.''
    Items of particular interest that will be discussed at the Working 
Group's Panel an Bulk Cargoes include:
    1. Amendments to IMO's Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes 
for various solid bulk cargoes.
    2. A proposal that compliance with IMO's Code of Safe Practice for 
Solid Bulk Cargoes be made mandatory through an amendment of the 
International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea.
    3. Prevention of pollution by noxious solid substances.
    Members of the public may attend either panel session or both panel 
sessions of this meeting up to the seating capacity of the room. 
Interested persons may seek information by writing LCDR D. A. Du Pont 
or Mr. Bob Gauvin, U.S. Coast Guard (G-MVI-2), 2100 Second Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling (202) 267-1181.

    Dated: March 8, 1994.
Geoffrey Ogden,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 94-6712 Filed 3-22-94; 8:45 am]
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